Wednesday – up at 7 am and left Ohio stopped for lunch at Speedway in Lexington, KY. (got gas)
Drove through KY and TN. Stopped at Georgia Welcome Center, got gas in Cartersville and took side trip to see The Walking Dead filming in Senoia, GA and missed Daryl by 45 mins. ☹ But grabbed pics of a season four set.
Dinner at 10 pm was at Waffle House in Griffin, GA when the Dwarf House Chick fil A didn't work out, and then 2 more hours drive to Perry for our first night stay at the Hampton Inn.
Up at 8:30 am (slept in) on Thursday, grabbed a free hot breakfast and back on the road by 10 am. We stopped at the Florida/Georgia Line at the Florida Welcome Center
for fresh OJ and lunch with the gnats. Grabbed lots of brochures and pics in the Shutterfly cutouts. Another gas stop and arrival in Orlando around 4:30 pm. Kids were at the pool within 30 minutes. We ordered pizza from Singing Sams and toured the resort where they had a playground, large chess, played some Ping-Pong (kinda), and watched moron torment this poor alligator who mocked him by coming out from under the bridge AFTER he left. Haha!
Resort was showing “Warm Bodies” in the 50-seat movie theatre
and Kayleigh, Megan & Tayler caught a movie while the adults grabbed drinks by the pool while Karie and Sam practiced jumping in the pool.
Let’s not forget I’m taking summer classes so Friday morning I got up and did “homework” on the computer on the outside patio then took the kiddos to the pool around noon – 1:30 pm. Back to the room for lunch and getting cleaned up. We took a trip to Walmart for some drinks and ice and “small kids” went back to the pool.
Chris and Sam participated in a “free throw” competition, and Karie took a few shots too.
Then to Downtown Disney for dinner and shopping.
Saturday was a full day of soggy Disney fun.
Up early on Sunday to get some souvenirs and get a Denny’s Brunch. Some more gas before Tampa and check in at our hotel near the beach. A drive across the causeway to Clearwater Beach and some fun in the sun collecting shells, tasting salt water (on accident) and finding some sea creatures after we step on their shells. Showering off before another late Father’s Day dinner at Cody’s Roadhouse (Texas’ cousin).
Monday morning started late and at Walmart for beach stuff. 1 bag of ice, 2 beach chairs, 3 towels later we are headed to Clearwater Marine Aquarium for a look at Winter the dolphin and a ferry ride to Winter’s Dolphin Adventure where we saw wild dolphins and experienced a hurricane experience. We hopped on the trolley and rode over to the Sand Key beach, a clearer water experience with many more shells than at Clearwater. We spent about 3 hours at the beach before
getting some seafood at Frenchy’s South Beach and visiting another gift shop.
Tuesday we drove all day including a visit to “Woodbury”
and a quick glance at the 1996 Olympic torch and a stay in Cartersville. Wednesday in Cartersville included another free breakfast a dip in the pool for the kiddos and another day of driving home. Including a stop at McDonald’s and poor service, I mean like since when does it take 30 minutes to get a quarter-pounder? or fries. Oh yeah when the girl keeps handing them out the drive thru and not giving you your money back. a traffic backup due to a broken down BMW slowed us down in KY but 3 hours later, it was nothing that Purple Monkey Pizza couldn't satisfy.
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